Day One: New CJ Sereno starts 18-year term

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THE LEADER. Sereno said she has concrete plans for reforming the judiciary. Source:http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/
Lourdes Sereno, 52, starts her first day as Chief Justice of the country. In a statement, she said the Supreme Court must return to the “dignified days of silence” when its “justices were heard, read thru their writings” – a stark contrast from the style of her predecessor, Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was ousted in an impeachment court. Sereno said the High Court is not a “political branch of the government” and that it should be “sober and carefully balanced” in arriving at its decisions. This, she explained, heightens the need for the court to be shielded from “the susceptibility of misinterpretation.” Sereno presides over an en banc session on August 28, marking a historic first: a lady chief justice leads the highest court of the land. One of her challenges is to fix the Court and restore public trust in the third branch of the government.


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